How is consciousness treating you, Devine? asked Campbell. Dixon flushed. Thats all, Mason said. Naturally, Alder is a little flabbergasted. Then when I pointed out to him that all of his jewelry was insured, and the insurance company would expect him to make a claim of loss—and he knew damned well that the insurance company would be suspicious of the whole setup —well, he began to losehis ardor very rapidly. Then I bid you a cheery good day, the man replied, and he and his partner departed. He said who was going to kill him? I mean how did he seem the last time you saw him? Whats that, honey? said Fred sharply. Is that what you told the police? The streams of numbers he was seeing, and the currency symbols attached to them, demonstrated that assets were being moved around the world. If this went on 24/7, the size of the operation, whatever was beingoperated here, was leviathan in scope. At least from what he could glean on the screens, most of the assets being acquired seemed to be in the United States. But from the bank names and other data he saw, a lot of the money pouring in seemed to be emanating from outside the country. That would be him, Dino said, apparently pointing. Sure. Its an aluminum canoe. You take the bow, take the stern. All right, lets go. His expression softened.Ido trust you, Michelle. You saved my ass with Cowl and his phone. Im sorry. I guess stress is making me see things that arent there. Stone went into his office, sat down at his desk, and reached for the envelope on top. You shouldnt leave the house, you know. No, the man said. She only came in fifteen minutes ago, and Pauls orders were to case the joint, keep her spotted, find out everything we could about her background, and wait for you. By the time they got to Brad Cowls palace the train was barely a quarter full. All the others, except the warm-up suit lady, were dressed as he was. But it was Saturday and the numbers were going to be lower. Not every business in New York worked the Wall Street way. Some people did gettwo days off out of seven. With my head still full of all the threatening emails Id read, I stood outside the entrance of the university auditorium watching people come inside. The crowd was about what I expected..